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Set in the era of bathtub gin, bootleggers and speakeasies, PROHIBITION tells the true story of the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It was called the “Noble Experiment,” but it was in fact one of America’s most notorious civic failures, an object lesson in the challenge of legislating […]
AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Distance & Electronic Learning Academy (DELA) has implemented a Project Based Learning model to deliver their online curriculum available to students for the 2011-12 school year in Ohio (OHDELA). SOURCE: Market WatchRead the Full Article
“Our country has pioneered manned space travel and the creation of the Internet. Yet today, our country is lagging behind other countries in leveraging the power of technology in our classrooms,” said Secretary Duncan Friday at the White House launch of a new congressionally created education nonprofit, Digital Promise.SOURCE: US Department of EducationRead the Press […]
The Hawaii Department of Education’s Extended Learning Opportunities and Student Support section has chosen Blackboard Learn(TM) 9.1 to replace an open source learning management system (LMS) Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today. The platform provides online courses for over 1,200 students through the Hawaii Virtual Learning Network-ESchool (HVLN-ESchool) and over 500 teachers annually through the […]
Abstract This case study describes the creation of a supportive culture for online teaching at a western university that was transitioning to a new learning management system. The case study highlighted the creation of a faculty learning community as one strategy to address the challenge of faculty working through a change process. The faculty learning […]
Supporters point to online learning’s ability to even the playing fieldSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article
The open source learning management system Moodle has a new mobile companion. Developers at Moodle HQ have released a free app for iOS designed to work with Moodle 2.1 or later. Apps for additional mobile platforms are planned.SOURCE: T.H.E. JournalRead The Full Article
Abstract As the technological age reaches its peak, so does the need to improve assessment for online instruction. Assessment includes all activities that teachers and students undertake to get information that can be used to improve teaching and learning (Black and William,1998b). Assessment is a critical factor of the learning environment. The popularity of distance […]
Abstract Transferable skills are gaining an increasing emphasis in engineering education. The skills of teamwork, communication, self directed learning and problem solving feature in most of the accrediting agencies criteria. This paper is a case study of a course which uses Problem Based Learning method to deliver key transferable skills to engineering students studying via […]
Since I DO have some skin in this online learning game, let me tell you some of the things I hope we will hear about during the next few days:SOURCE: eLearning Roadtrip Blog Read the Full Article